Astro 7 slashes build times up to 61% with Rust compiler and Vite 8
Astro 7 rewrites its .astro compiler and Markdown pipeline in Rust and upgrades to Vite 8 with the Rolldown bundler, delivering 15‑61% faster builds in benchmarks. The speed boost cuts CI/CD pipeline minutes, especially for content‑heavy sites, without requiring config changes.